WoRMS taxon details

Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)

240758  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240758)

accepted
Species
Asterias capitata Stimpson, 1862 · unaccepted (Subspecies according to Fisher (1930))
Asterias exquisita de Loriol, 1887 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher...)  
Synonym according to Fisher (1926, 1930)
Asterias luetkeni Stimpson, 1862 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher...)  
Synonym according to Fisher (1926, 1930)
Pisaster luetkeni var. australis Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher...)  
Synonym according to Fisher (1926, 1930)

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(of Asterias gigantea Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 88 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240758 on 2024-03-19
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original description  (of Asterias capitata Stimpson, 1862) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (<i>Asteracanthion</i> Mueller & Troschel). <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 264 [details]   

original description  (of Asterias exquisita de Loriol, 1887) Loriol, P. de. (1887). Notes pour servir a l'etude des Echinodermes, no. 2. <em>Recueil zoologique suisse.</em> vol. 4, no. 3: 365-407, plates 15-18., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106276421;view=2up;seq=378
page(s): 403 [details]   

original description  (of Asterias gigantea Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 88 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Asterias luetkeni Stimpson, 1862) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (<i>Asteracanthion</i> Mueller & Troschel). <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 265 [details]   

original description  (of Pisaster luetkeni var. australis Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 88 [details]   

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source Fisher, W.K. (1930). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and Adjacent Waters, Pt. 3: Forcipulata (Concluded). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76: 1-356.Pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7871861#page/5/mode/1up [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality